Family History - Robert David Ryan

1. Robert David Ryan,¹ born July 1927 in Washington, the son of Warren Wood Ryan and Muriel Coryell;^{1, 2} died 21 August 2017.³ Robert married, 14 August 1948 in Parker Heights, Yakima County, Washington, Doris May Armstrong^{3, 5, 6} (born 3 December 1929 in Cody, Park County, Wyoming, the daughter of Oliver Waldo Armstrong and Bernice Leona Jones;^{4, 5} Doris died 19 June 2009 in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington⁴). Their marriage ended in divorce in July 1984 in Clark County, Washington.³

	2	i.	Constance Jean Ryan, born 1949;3 died 1949.3
+	3	ii.	Dale Eugene Ryan, born 17 May 1951 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. Married Ruth I. Van Newkirk.
+	4	iii.	Peggy Arlene Ryan, born 22 December 1952. Married (1) Thomas Frank Married (2) Richard E. Niebuhr.

1. Find a Grave (website). Sumner Cemetery, Sumner, Pierce County, Washington, Ryan / father / Warren Wood / 1886-1949 / mother / Muriel C. / 1893-1967 (from gravestone); record gives death date as 25 February 1949 but Washington Death index gives the date as 4 March 1949; record provides full names of wife and three children, and a copy of his obituary (newspaper unidentified) that gives names of all children, a brother and a sister.
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Washington, Pierce County, Sumner Town, Enumeration District 27-91, Sheet No. 5B, family of Warren W. Ryan (43, Washington, farmer, first married age 25); wife Murial C. Ryan (37, Nebraska, first married age 19); daughter Edith M. Ryan (15, Washington); son Warren W. Ryan, Jr. (13, Washington); daughter Gladys L. Ryan (12, Washington); son Lewis H. Ryan (10, Washington); daughter Lucy B. Ryan (5, Washington); son Robert D. Ryan (2 9/12, Washington).
3. Minerd.com, Biography of Philemon and Lucinda Jane (Gollada) Armstrong. Among their descendants described in the text with vital and biographical details is their granddaughter Doris May Armstrong, her two husbands, Robert David Ryan and Arthur Bruce Wigglesworth, and her children from her first marriage, Constance, Dale and Peggy Ryan.
4. Obituary, legacy.com; Doris May Ryan Wigglesworth, born: 3 December 1929; died: 19 June 2009. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her surviving relatives.
5. Armstrong family, Yakima Roots; available at Rootsweb Archives; Post by Robert E. Armstrong, 23 June 1999; provides details of his Armstrong family that includes Doris May Armstrong, her spouses, parents, children and their spouses.
6. Email from Dan Gassoway to Lee Gazlay, April 2013, providing details of his Gassoway, Ryan, and Coryell relatives.

3. Dale Eugene Ryan² (Robert¹), born 17 May 1951 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington.^{1, 2} Dale married, 17 August 1974 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, Ruth I. Van Newkirk^{1, 3} (born 11 June 1952, parents not determined²).

	5	i.	Patience S. Ryan, born 4 August 1980.2
	6	ii.	David Earl Ryan, born 9 July 1985.2

4. Peggy Arlene Ryan² (Robert¹), born 22 December 1952.² Peggy married, first, Thomas Frank (born ____, parents not determined). Peggy married, second, Richard E. Niebuhr (born 16 June 1946, parents not determined²).

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Christel Frank, born 17 February 1974 in Grandview, Yakima County, Washington; died 18 March 2020 in West Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. Married Brad Urlaub.

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Richard E. Niebuhr, born 7 December 1977.2

1. Armstrong family, Yakima Roots; available at Rootsweb Archives; Post by Robert E. Armstrong, 23 June 1999; provides details of his Armstrong family that includes Doris May Armstrong, her spouses, parents, children and their spouses.
2. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
3. Email from Dan Gassoway to Lee Gazlay, April 2013, providing details of his Gassoway, Ryan, and Coryell relatives.

7. Christel Frank³ (Peggy,² Robert¹), born 17 February 1974 in Grandview, Yakima County, Washington;¹ died 18 March 2020 in West Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota.¹ Christel married, 11 November 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Brad Urlaub¹ (born January 1967, parents not determined²).

	9	i.	Colleen Urlaub, born 2001.1
	10	ii.	Ashley Urlaub, born 2003.1

1. Obituary, West Funeral Home, West Fargo, North Dakota (website: westfuneralhome.com), Christel Urlaub, born: 17 February 1974; died: 18 March 2020. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her parents, step-parent, sibling, husband, children, and parents-in-law.
2. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.